Flexible Forwarding. Tap Forward Message above the message bar to open a preview window and customize how the messages will appear.

Hide sender names, hide captions from media messages, deselect messages or change the recipient if you tapped the wrong chat.

In your Privacy and Security settings, you can control whether your own messages include a link to your profile when forwarded with your name visible.

Jump to Next Unread Channel.
There are millions of channels on Telegram that post news, videos, memes and more. When you reach the bottom of a channel, you can swipe up to immediately switch to your next unread channel – without going back to your chat list.

If you use Folders or Archived Chats to organize your chat list, the app will first show you channels from the Current Folder, then your Other Folders, then from All Chats, and lastly your Archive.

Trending Stickers. Above your Recently Used stickers, you’ll find the latest packs from professional artists.

Scroll the bar to take a look at the thumbnails, then tap to preview and add packs to your panel.

To change the order of your sticker packs, press and hold one of the icons the top bar and drag it into place.

Sticker Suggestions. Type a single emoji in the message bar to instantly see dozens of relevant stickers for any situation.

You can quickly find the emoji you’re looking for with emoji suggestions and shortcuts – no scrolling required.

Interactive Emoji. Send and tap a single
🎆🎉🎈👍👎❤️😂😭🤩
😁😢🔥😱🤮💩❄️👻🎃💸
in any private chat to unleash a fullscreen effect.

When both users have the chat open, the animations and vibrations play simultaneously on their devices. You can tell that your friend also sees the animation from their watching status.

Group Read Receipts. In groups, your message is marked as read as soon as one member opens it. You can then select your message to see which group members have read it.

To protect users’ privacy, read receipts in groups are only stored for 7 days after the message was sent.

Record Live Video. Admins can record Live Streams and Video Chats to save and share after the broadcast.

Video can be recorded in portrait or landscape orientations, and after the recording is stopped or the broadcast ends, the file is sent to the admin’s Saved Messages.

You can start recording from any device – simply tap ⋮ or ⋯ to open the broadcast menu.

Productivity Tip: Use pinned messages in Groups and Channels to highlight important info or create a directory to easily navigate between messages or even multiple chats.

All messages in groups and channels have unique links that will instantly direct a user to that specific message.

In private groups and channels, these links only work for members or subscribers of the chat.

Join Requests. Enable admin approval for additional links to your group or channel so you can preview potential members before they are able to access the chat.

With these links you can create and join special closed chats – like a group just for superfans, or a channel with exclusive content. Users opening these links send a join request, which admins can manage from a banner at the top of the chat.

Bot developers have the tools to build bots that can share invite links and approve potential members – or even give them special tasks before they are allowed to join.

Global Themes. Choose from 9 themes built by Telegram designers for your entire app – each with a Day and Night mode, colorful animated background, and gradient message bubbles.

Like all themes, you can personalize these to change colors or pick a different pattern. For more custom settings, tap Chat Themes on iOS or Browse Themes on Android to edit and share your creations.

Protected Content. Content creators can enable Restrict Saving Content in their group or channel to keep posts exclusive to their audience.

Enabling this setting restricts forwarding messages from the chat, prevents screenshots and disables saving media from posts.

Only the group or channel owner can edit this setting, which is available via the chat’s Info Page > Edit > Group/Channel Type.

Delete Messages by Date. Tap the date header in any 1-on-1 chat to select a day or range of dates and delete all messages sent and received during that period.

Deleted messages are permanently erased and can be removed only for you or for both sides – if you’d like messages to automatically delete themselves for both sides, enable auto-delete in any chat.

Device Management. In Settings > Devices you can see all the places where you are logged in.

Tap Link Desktop Device to quickly log in on Telegram Desktop or Web via QR Code.

Select an individual device to choose whether it can accept incoming calls or Secret Chats – or to log it out remotely.

All devices can also be set to log out automatically after a certain period of inactivity – ranging from 1 week to 1 year.

Reactions. Give instant feedback on a message – double tap to send a quick 👍 or tap once (press and hold on iOS) for more options.

Reactions are always on in private chats. In groups and channels, admins can choose to enable reactions and pick which emoji are available.

You can change your quick-reaction emoji in Settings > Chat Settings on Android or Settings > Appearance > Stickers and Emoji on iOS.